Student Writing Competition

The Golden Jubilee Writing Competition is now closed.

The Golden Jubilee Writing Competition was designed to encourage 2017 UQ students and recent graduates to share their personal stories in a short memoir form. The competition was open for entries in September 2017, and winners announced in October 2017. Entrants were then current students (undergraduate, post-graduate and/or Research Higher Degree student at the time of submission). Stories were judged on originality, structure, voice and style, and writing mechanics. For information on the members of our Judging Panel, click here.

Four prizes were awarded for the Golden Jubilee Student Writing Competition. The judging panel selected three winning stories, and we received more than 1,000 votes in our People’s Choice Award poll! Thank you to every student who entered the competition. It was a joy to read the unique and varied perspectives of contemporary life at UQ.